Serologic survey among hospital and health center workers during the Ebola hemorrhagic fever outbreak in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1995

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 179, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Tomori, Oyewale ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Bertolli, Jeanne ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Rollin, Pierre E ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Fleerackers, Yon ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Guimard, Yves ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   De Roo, Ann ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Feldmann, Heinz ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Burt, Felicity ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Swanepoel, Robert ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Killian, Scott ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Khan, Ali S ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Tshioko, Kweteminga ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Bwaka, Mpia ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Ndambe, Roger ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Peters, C J ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Ksiazek, Thomas G ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^f Hop General de Reference de Kikwit ^*  (Democratic Republic Congo)

^g Mosango Mission Hospital   (Democratic Republic Congo)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGO; EBOLA VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032993317     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514307     Document Type: Conference Paper

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